Equipment Configuration and Hull of Constellation Aircraft Carrier

Constellation is equipped with 8-pack "Sea Sparrow" ship-to-air missile launcher, "Dense Array" melee weapon system, SRBOC electronic countermeasure bait launcher, SLQ-36 "Female Water Demon" towed bait, SPS-49 long-range air search radar, SPS- 10F surface search radar, TAS missile aiming system and SPS-64 navigation radar. However, Constellation was originally equipped with two sets of beagle missile launchers (MKL0-3 on the right and MKL 0-4 on the left); Later it was changed to "sea sparrow".

Constellation, Kitty Hawk and USS America are all the third generation of Forrest class. Compared with the previous two generations, the third generation has a larger displacement and scale, and the engine room layout, bridge building, flight deck and hangar are also different in shape and location. Closed bulbous bow with slightly convex square stern. The inclined flight deck is about 220 meters long, and the ratio of width to ship width is slightly less than 1: 2, with wing support below. The bridge building is small in scale and close to the stern (unlike Forrest class ships). Compared with the Forrester class, the power plant is arranged closer to the stern, so the axis is shorter and the overall structure is more reasonable, which can provide more space for the hangar and aircraft maintenance workshop. The hull is divided into 1 200 watertight compartments with good safety. All key parts are armored. There are four elevators from the hangar to the flight deck-three on the right (two in front of the bridge building, 1 behind) and 1 on the left side of the stern. The flight deck is equipped with four 90-meter-long C- 13 steam plane catapults, two at the bow and the other two at the end of the inclined deck.